# Raise Your Hand Texas: Public Education Advocacy \& Policies > Raise Your Hand Texas engages in education advocacy and supports public policy solutions that invest in the 5\.4 million public school students in Texas\. Generated by Yoast SEO v28.2, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [School Vouchers 101](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/school-vouchers-101/) - [Sitemap](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/sitemap/) - [Legacy Education Fund](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/policy/school-funding/endowment/) - [Home](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/) - [Research](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/resource/research/) ## Posts - [Driving Real Change Through Advocacy: Three Takeaways from the 2026 Community Leaders Fellowship Retreat](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/community-leaders-fellowship-listening/) - [Measuring What Matters: Rethinking the A\-F Grade for San Antonio Schools](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/measuring-what-matters-rethinking-a-f-grades-san-antonio-schools/) - [Raise Your Hand Texas Hosts Public Education Candidate Forums and Education Town Halls](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/spr-2026-candidate-forums-and-town-halls/) - [Beyond the Falling STAAR: Statewide Workshops Discuss What Makes a Good School](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/beyond-the-falling-staar-workshops/) - [2025 Advocacy Summit: Community connections\. Capitol impact\.](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/public-education-advocacy-summit-strategies/) ## Courses - [Legislative Update \- June 2026](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/courses/legislative-update-june-2026/) - [Interim Charge Legislative Update May 2026](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/courses/interim-charge-legislative-update-may-2026/) - [The State Board of Education](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/courses/the-state-board-of-education/) - [Onboarding](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/courses/onboarding/) ## Quizzes - [Quiz \#5: School Facilities Funding](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/courses/school-funding-101/lessons/lesson-6-facilities-vs-operations-funding-theres-a-difference/quizzes/quiz-5-school-facilities-funding/) - [Quiz \#2: How Texas Pays for Public Schools](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/courses/school-funding-101/quizzes/quiz-2-how-texas-pays-for-public-schools-3/) - [Quiz \#2: How Texas Pays for Public Schools](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/quizzes/quiz-2-how-texas-pays-for-public-schools/) - [Quiz](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/quizzes/quiz-2/) - [Quiz \#1: Do You Know Texas Public Schools?](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/courses/pre-work-get-to-know-public-education-in-texas__trashed/quizzes/quiz-1-do-you-know-texas-public-schools/) ## Groups - [Raise Your Hand Texas Board of Directors](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/groups/raise-your-hand-texas-board-of-directors/) - [Raise Your Hand Texas Communications Staff](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/groups/raise-your-hand-texas-communications-staff/) - [Enrolled Student Group](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/groups/enrolled-student-group/) - [Test Group](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/groups/test-group/) - [All Students](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/groups/all-students/) ## Events - [Beyond the Falling STAAR \- Palestine](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/events/beyond-the-falling-staar-palestine/) - [Beyond the Falling STAAR \- Lubbock](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/events/beyond-the-falling-staar-lubbock/) - [Texas House Districts 115 and 103 \#TxEd Town Hall \- Irving](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/events/hd-115-txed-town-hall-irving/) - [Beyond the Falling STAAR \- Amarillo](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/events/beyond-the-falling-staar-amarillo/) - [HD 71 Candidate Forums \- Abilene](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/events/public-education-candidate-forums-abilene/) ## Popups - [Fellowship Program Application Popup](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/?post_type=popup&p=52944) - [RAD Contact Popup](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/?post_type=popup&p=47465) ## Popup Themes - [Default Theme](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/?post_type=popup_theme&p=47456) - [Light Box](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/?post_type=popup_theme&p=47457) - [Enterprise Blue](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/?post_type=popup_theme&p=47458) - [Hello Box](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/?post_type=popup_theme&p=47459) - [Cutting Edge](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/?post_type=popup_theme&p=47460) ## News Releases - [Raise Your Hand Texas Launches Inaugural Community Leaders Fellowship, Empowering Local Teams to Advocate for Public Education](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/news-release/community-leaders-fellowship-launch/) - [Raise Your Hand Texas Strengthens Statewide Presence](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/news-release/strengthens-statewide-presence/) - [Raise Your Hand Texas Proposes Creating a "Legacy Education Fund" to Support Texas Public Schools](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/news-release/announces-legacy-education-fund/) - [Raise Your Hand Texas Briefs Legislative Offices on Proposed New Endowment for Texas Public Schools](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/news-release/legislative-offices-briefed-new-endowment-texas-public-schools/) - [Dr\. Libby Cohen Named Executive Director of Raise Your Hand Texas](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/news-release/cohen-named-executive-director/): Raise Your Hand Texas announced Dr\. Libby Cohen as its new executive director today\. As executive director, Dr\. Cohen will be responsible for developing the organization’s strategy to increase civic engagement for the benefit of public education\. ## Podcast - [Legacy Education Fund: A Proposed, New Public Education Endowment in Texas](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/podcast/legacy-education-fund-a-proposed-new-public-education-endowment-in-texas/) - [Education Experts Go Deep on Texas' Second Annual Public Education Poll](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/podcast/education-experts-go-deep-on-texas-second-annual-public-education-poll/) - [The Future of Virtual and Remote Learning](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/podcast/the-future-of-virtual-and-remote-learning/) - [BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: WHAT CHALLENGE DOES TEXAS FACE? \(PART 1\)](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/podcast/bridging-the-digital-divide-what-challenge-does-texas-face-part-1/) - [Bridging the Digital Divide: What Challenge Does Texas Face? \(Part 2\)](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/podcast/bridging-the-digital-divide-what-challenge-does-texas-face-part-2/) ## Team - [Anne Lasseigne Tiedt, APR](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/team/anne-lasseigne-tiedt-apr/) - [Matthew Hall, M\.A\.T\.M\.](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/team/matthew-hall/) - [Natalia Gómez Ramback, M\.Ed\.](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/team/natalia-gomez-ramback/) - [Larry John Porras, MPA](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/team/larry-john-porras/) - [Skylar Gallop](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/team/skylar-gallop/) ## Categories - [Articles](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/category/raise-your-hand-texas/) - [Across the Lawn](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/category/across-the-lawn/) - [Advocacy](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/category/raise-your-hand-texas/advocacy/) - [School Funding](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/category/raise-your-hand-texas/school-funding/) - [Teacher Workforce](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/category/raise-your-hand-texas/teacher-workforce/) ## Tags - [school funding](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/tag/school-funding/) - [vouchers](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/tag/vouchers/) - [school finance](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/tag/school-finance/) - [89th Legislative session](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/tag/89th-legislative-session/) - [Teacher Workforce](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/tag/teacher-workforce/) ## News Releases Categories - [News Releases](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/news-releases-category/news-releases/) - [Measure What Matters](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/news-releases-category/mwm-tx/) - [Media Statement](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/news-releases-category/media-statement/) - [In The News](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/news-releases-category/in-the-news/) - [Community Leaders Fellowship](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/news-releases-category/community-leaders-fellowship/) ## Tags - [School funding](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/news-releases-tag/school-funding/) - [Assessment \& Accountability](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/news-releases-tag/assessment-accountability/) - [89th Lege](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/news-releases-tag/89th-lege/) - [Measure What Matters](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/news-releases-tag/measure-what-matters/) - [HB 2](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/news-releases-tag/hb-2/) ## Podcast Categories - [Intersect Ed](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/podcast-category/intersected/) - [Season 1](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/podcast-category/season-1/) - [Season 2](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/podcast-category/season-2/) - [Season 3](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/podcast-category/season-3/) ## Testimonials Categories - [Measure What Matters](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/testimonials-category/measure-what-matters/) - [Trustee](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/testimonials-category/trustee/) - [Teacher Voices](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/testimonials-category/teacher-voices/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/sitemap_index.xml)